lancaster county 50plus senior news august 2012

By Katie Weeber

Some people enjoy plants, purchasing a few potted blooms each summer

to decorate their backyards, while others are born with natural green thumbs.

Francesca McNichol is one of the latter.

McNichol has been using her greenery prowess to grow a new crop of

gardeners. As a member of a local garden club, McNichol has helped

organize and run several successful gardening initiatives that have brought

the knowledge of growing living things to adults and children alike,

including a community garden and a junior gardening class for inner-city

youth.

McNichol’s introduction to gardening came naturally, starting with her

childhood home on Long Island, N.Y.

“My mother loved roses. When I was younger, she had a beautiful rose

garden,” McNichol said.

In addition to the rose garden, there was a rock garden and other

beautiful, growing plants that McNichol’s mother cultivated around their

home.

When she was 19 years old, McNichol’s older brother purchased a farm in

upstate New York. He and his wife became avid gardeners caring for the

property, and McNichol spent most of her summers sharing in their labors.

GrowingCommunity Spirit

One Gardenat a Time

McNichol in the wooden gazebo positioned in the center of the

127-bed community garden she helped to organize.

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Lancaster County Edition August 2012 Vol. 18 No. 8

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Insects in Red Clover and Alfalfa Fields

The Beauty in Nature

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Red clover and alfalfa fields in

Lancaster County cropland are

lovely with pink clover blooms

and lavender alfalfa blossoms, when

mowing is delayed. Alfalfa flowers also

have a faint, sweet scent.

And clover and alfalfa blooms are

made more attractive and inspiring in

August and September when colorful

butterflies, bees, and other insect species

flit from flower to flower in warm

sunlight to sip sugary nectar from them.

Butterflies are most abundant and

diverse in August and September, making

flowering hayfields shimmer with their

colorful multitudes on warm, sunny

days. Cabbage whites and yellow

sulphurs are the most common

butterflies in hayfields. These two types

of butterflies alone make the fields flutter

with their flitting from blossom to

blossom.

Other kinds of

common

butterflies—

including alfalfas,

buckeyes,

monarchs, silver-

spotted skippers,

common and

meadow fritillaries,

pearl crescents, and

black and tiger

swallowtails—also

flit among the

clover and alfalfa

blooms to get

nectar and pollen.

The striking,

orange-and-black monarchs are famous

for their caterpillars’ only eating

milkweed leaves and the adults’

migration to Mexico for the winter.

Skipper larvae eat soybean leaves, but

don’t damage

that crop.

Honeybees,

bumblebees, and

carpenter bees

buzz among

hayfield

blossoms, gather

nectar and

pollen, and take

those foods to

larvae in their

nests.

Honeybees make

six-sided, wax

cells in hives or

tree hollows;

bumblebees raise larvae in deserted,

chewed-grass mouse homes on the

ground; and carpenter bees create

nurseries by chewing round holes in dead

wood.

Differential, meadow, red-legged, and

Carolina grasshoppers live in local

hayfields. Male Carolinas hover in flight

for a few seconds while making a

fluttering sound to attract females for

mating.

Grasshoppers are most visible in

August and September when they are full

size and can fly. They spend summers

eating hayfield vegetation but aren’t

destructive to the hay. After mating late

in summer, female grasshoppers lay eggs

in clusters in loose soil. Grasshoppers

overwinter only in the egg stage because

adults are killed by frosts in October.

Stop along red clover and alfalfa fields

during August and September to

experience their lovely flowers and

intriguing insects. Those fields at that

time lift human spirits.

Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a Lancaster

County Parks naturalist.

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Smoketown Family Dentistry

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Central PA Poison Center

(800) 521-6110

Office of Aging

(717) 299-7979/(800) 801-3070

Lancaster County Office of Aging

(717) 299-7979

Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre

(800) 638-6833

Internal Revenue Service

(717) 898-1900

Richard H. Heisey Funeral Home

(717) 626-2464

Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home &

Crematory, Inc.

(717) 393-9661/(717) 872-5041

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Kearney A. Snyder Funeral Home

(717) 394-4097

General Surgery Practice &

Hemorrhoid Clinic

Hiep C. Phan, MD FACS

(717) 735-9222

Regional Gastroenterology Associates of

Lancaster (RGAL)

(717) 544-3400

Alzheimer’s Association

(717) 651-5020

American Cancer Society

(717) 397-3744

American Diabetes Association

(888) DIABETES

American Heart Association

(717) 393-0725

American Lung Association

(717) 397-5203/(800) LungUSA

American Red Cross

(717) 299-5561

Arthritis Foundation

(717) 397-6271

Consumer Information

(888) 878-3256

CONTACT Helpline

(717) 652-4400

Disease and Health Risk

(888) 232-3228

Domestic Violence

(800) 799-7233

Flu or Influenza

(888) 232-3228

Hearing and Ear Care Center, LLC

(717) 653-6300

Visiting Angels

(717) 393-3450

DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen

(717) 367-9753

Hospice of Lancaster County

(717) 295-3900

Eastwood Village Homes, LLC

(717) 397-3138

Medicare Hotline

(800) 638-6833

GSH Home Med Care, Inc.

(717) 272-2057

Health Network Labs

(717) 560-8891

Lancaster NeuroScience

& Spine Associates

(717) 569-5331

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CVS/pharmacy

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May•Grant Obstetrics & Gynecology

(717) 397-8177

Lancaster County Community

Foundation

(717) 397-1629

Prudential Homesale Services Group

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Splits & Giggles

(717) 399-3332

TLC Ladies

(717) 228-8764

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Volunteers Needed at Office of AgingThe Lancaster County Office of

Aging needs volunteers to assist

older adults and individuals with

disabilities with property tax and

rent rebate applications.

This program, administered by

the PA Revenue Department,

provides rebates to eligible

homeowners and renters for the past

year’s property taxes or rent.

Basic math skills, patience, and a

desire to help others are the only

requirements needed. Training will

be provided, and office staff are

always nearby to answer questions.

Volunteers would work in the

downtown office any time between

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

For additional information, please

call the Lancaster County Office of

Aging at (717) 299-7979 or (800)

801-3070.

Last time, I covered the 1940

U.S. census. I have, in an

earlier column, also discussed

the 1920 U.S. census. This month, I

want to cover the intermediate one,

the 1930 U.S. census. I’ll continue

this discussion into next month, as

well.

The 1930 census had some basic

information consistent with others

that were taken since the first one in

1790. This included surname or

family name, gender, and address.

Some of the other questions were

unique, and responses to them can be

valuable in finding further

information about the family.

For example, there is a column

headed “Relation – Relationship of

this person to the head of the family.”

This may be answered “head,” “wife,”

“son,” or “daughter” but also may

contain other descriptions.

The surname of the wife is usually

not shown, or it may be written in as

the same as the husband (or late

husband). However, if the name of a

mother-in-law or other in-law of the

male head is given, that surname

could also be the maiden name of the

wife.

If the “Relation” column shows

stepson or stepdaughter, that

obviously indicates that the “head”

had been previously married. If the

stepchild’s surname is different than

that of the head, that’s a clue to the

child’s natural father’s name. A

person may be identified as a

“boarder,” meaning the family

augmented their income by renting

space in the home.

Next is a column headed “Home

Data,” containing four sub-columns:

“Home owned or rented,” filled in

with an O or an R; “Value of home,

if owned, or monthly rent, if rented,”

filled in with a dollar amount; “Radio

set,” filled in with an R if the family

had a radio, left blank if they didn’t;

and “Does this family live on a

farm?”

The answers not only tell

something about the financial status

of the family, but if the property was

owned, it may also be possible to find

land or probate records that further

elucidate the family’s life or give

names of relatives not living with the

family at the time of the census.

As an aside to the “radio set”

question: On the 1930 census page

where my family appears, there were

seven households. Only one (not my

parents’) had a radio. The question

was designed to measure the extent of

the nation’s leap into new home-

appliance technology. According to

the 1930 census, the total U.S.

population at the time was

122,775,046, and only 12 million

people, or less than 10 percent, had

access to radios.

Under “Personal Description,” in

addition to “Sex” and “Color or

race,” was the sub-column “Age at

last birthday.” Take this into

consideration when calculating a

birth year. For example, the census

was taken on April 12. My father’s

age was given as 40, but his birth

year was not necessarily “1930 minus

40 equals 1890.” He may not have

yet reached his 41st birthday on April

12. Other information confirms this,

as he was born on April 26, 1889.

The remaining two sub-columns

under this category were “Marital

condition” and “Age at first

marriage.” The condition column was

marked M for married, S for single,

or W for widowed. The age at first

marriage can be used with other

information on the census to

determine whether the person was

married before or after immigration

to the U.S.

Under “Education,” the census

asked whether the person had

attended school or college since

September 1929, and whether he or

she was able to read and write.

The “Place of Birth” columns are

headed “Person,” “Father,” and

“Mother,” with the description “Place

of birth of each person enumerated

and of his or her parents. If born in

the United States, give State or

Territory. If of foreign birth, give

country in which birthplace is now

situated. Distinguish Canada-French

from Canada-English, and Irish Free

State from Northern Island.”

Usually, only the country or state

is given; however, sometimes the

name of a city or county is given.

Don’t overlook the part about

“country in which birthplace is now

situated.” National boundaries in

Europe were anything but fixed

during this time, so, for example, a

place may have been called Prussia

when a person was born in 1890 but

Germany in 1930.

Next time, I’ll discuss the

remainder of the 1930 census

questions and explain how to

interpret the information to uncover

other information about ancestors.

Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to

contact him by writing to 438 Maynard

Drive, Amherst, NY 14226; by email at

[email protected]; or by visiting

www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGeneal

ogyTips.htm. His new historical fiction

novel, The Lady of the Wheel, is available

through Amazon.com.

The 1930 Census

The Search for Our Ancestry

Angelo Coniglio


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Columbia Senior Center

Has New Co-Managers

Harnish Farmhouse

Successfully Relocated

On a morning in early July, the historic

Harnish Farmhouse building was relocated

from its former location on Locust Lane in

Willow Street to a new location 300 feet

away as part of the new Providence Park

development.

The historic farmhouse was originally

constructed in 1858 and had served as a

residence until Willow Valley Retirement

Communities purchased the property in

1970.

Rather than demolish the building to

clear space for the Providence Park

addition to the Manor Campus at Willow

Valley, WVRC has sought the advice of the

West Lampeter Historic Preservation

Society in repurposing the building and

incorporating this historic landmark into

the new Providence Park expansion project.

The move involved excavating the

building’s foundation in order to lift the

house onto a frame of steel beams with

attached wheels that were then used to

carefully transport the building across the

grounds.

Though the move was expected to take

about six hours to complete, the building

pushed off at 8:59 a.m. and ended its

journey at 10:44 a.m., for a total of just

two hours and 45 minutes.

The historic Harnish

House, built in 1858,

ready to roll just

before its journey

begins at 8:59 am.

If you have local news you’d like considered for

Around Town, please email [email protected]

Starr Brubaker and Carrie Kitchen have

been named the new co-managers of the

Columbia Senior Center by the Community

Action Program (CAP) of Lancaster County.

Brubaker is a graduate of Harrisburg Area

Community College, where she earned an

associate’s degree in paralegal studies. While

studying at HACC, Brubaker completed an

internship at the Columbia Senior Center.

She is a resident of Lancaster and is currently

attending Elizabethtown College, where she

is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in human

services.

Kitchen is a graduate of Millersville

University and previously worked with young

children in positions with Head Start,

Lancaster County Mental Health/Mental

Retardation/Early Intervention, and the

Lancaster IU-13. Kitchen resides in Marietta.

Starr Brubaker, left, and Carrie Kitchen

will serve as co-managers of Columbia

Senior Center.


LANCASTER COUNTY

EMPLOYERS NEED YOU!!

For more job listings, call theLancaster County Office of Aging

at (717) 299-7979or visit

www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco_aging

Lancaster County Office of Aging150 N. Queen Street, Suite 415

Lancaster, PA

Job

OpportunitiesNIGHT AUDITOR – PT

Check-in/out hotel guests. Prepare reports and handle other activities related to guest services including

data management, group tour relations/promotions, and providing informational materials. Need 1-3 mos.

related experience. Hours are 11 p.m. – 7 a.m.

There are several specialized volunteer opportunities available at Office of Aging.You can become an APPRISE volunteer and assist older persons with issues involving Medicare, health insurance, and prescription

drug coverage.Or you can become an ombudsman volunteer, informing residents of assisted living and nursing facilities of their rights and

reporting any violations of those rights to staff ombudsmen.Volunteers enrolled in both these programs receive training at both the state and local levels to prepare them adequately for the

roles they assume. Both positions are challenging and rewarding and provide ongoing chances for assimilating new information.APPRISE volunteers are asked to commit to a weekly block of time in the office assisting consumers, and ombudsmen volunteers

commit to visit facilities of their choice on a regular basis.If you enjoy empowering older people as they deal with health insurance issues or adjust to life in a facility, contact Bev Via at (717)

299-7979 or email [email protected] for more information.

SALES ASSOCIATE – PT

Local thrift organization is

seeking a reliable person to

provide customer service, operate

a cash register, and organize

merchandise. Work a flexible

schedule and receive generous

store discounts.SN07023N.02

CUSTODIANS – FT

School district needs experienced

persons for custodial/janitorial

tasks and other related duties.

Must be able to operate related

equipment, lift up to 60 lbs.,

walk/stand for an entire shift, and

follow written/verbal instructions.

Various shifts are available.

SN07027N.03

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VIEW OUR JOB LIST

We list other jobs on the Web at

www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco_agi

ng. To learn more about applying

for the 55+ Job Bank and these

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SN07013B.01Age 55 or over? Unemployed? The 55+ Job Bank is one of

three services offered by Employment Unit at the Office of Aging.Jobs are matched with those looking for work. Based on an

evaluation of your skills and abilities, we can match you with aposition needed by a local employer. Some employers arespecifically looking for older workers because of the reliabilityand experience they bring to the workplace. There is a mix offull-time and part-time jobs covering all shifts, requiring varyinglevels of skill and experience, and offering a wide range ofsalaries.

The other services available through the Office of Aging arethe Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)and the regularly scheduled Job Search Workshops.

— Volunteer Opportunities —

By Doris Brookens

People who use social networking

websites know that it can be exciting to

reconnect with long-lost friends and

relatives over the Internet. Such surprise

connections can be fun and conjure up

memories of times forgotten.

But what if you have a more serious

situation and you need to locate a

particular person? Perhaps Social Security

can help.

Social Security is in the business of

paying benefits, not reconnecting people.

But, in some cases, we will do what we

can to help.

We will attempt to forward a letter to

a missing person under circumstances

involving a matter of great importance,

such as a death or serious illness in the

missing person’s immediate family or a

sizeable amount of money that is due the

missing person.

Also, the circumstances must concern

a matter about which the missing person

is unaware and would undoubtedly want

to be informed.

In less dire cases, such as when a son,

daughter, brother, or sister want to

establish

contact, we

will write to

the missing

person, rather

than

forwarding a

letter.

Because this

service is not

related in any

way to a Social

Security

program, its

use must be

limited so that

it does not interfere with our regular

program activities.

There is no charge for forwarding

letters that have a humanitarian purpose.

However, we must charge a $25 fee to

cover our costs when the letter is to

inform the missing person of money or

property due. This fee is not refundable.

The fee should be paid by a check made

payable to the

Social Security

Administration.

We must

read each letter

we forward to

ensure that it

contains

nothing that

could prove

embarrassing to

the missing

person if read

by a third party.

Letters should

be in plain,

unstamped, unsealed envelopes showing

only the missing person’s name. Nothing

of value should be enclosed.

To try to locate an address in our

records, we’ll need the missing person’s

Social Security number or identifying

information such as date and place of

birth, father’s name, and the mother’s

full birth name.

Unless a missing person is receiving

benefits under a program Social Security

administers, we would not have a home

address for them. Usually, we forward a

letter in care of the employer who most

recently reported earnings for the

person.

Requests for letter forwarding should

be sent to:

Social Security Administration

Letter Forwarding

P.O. Box 33022

Baltimore, MD 21290-3022

Learn more about this service at

www.socialsecurity.gov/foia/html/ltrfwdin

g.htm.

Doris Brookens is the Social Security office

manager in Harrisburg.

If Facebook Can’t Help, Maybe Social Security Can

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Lancaster, PA 17601

Marlene Morris

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Admissions Department

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New Holland, PA 17557

Scott Miller

Director of Marketing

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Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598

Barry S. Ramper II, N.H.A.

President/CEO

(717) 221-7902

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Lancaster, PA 17604-3227

Susan L. Doyle


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The Middletown Home

999 West Harrisburg Pike

Middletown, PA 17057

Jennifer Binecz

Director of Residential Services

(717) 944-3351

www.middletownhome.org

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1700 Normandie Drive

York, PA 17408

Joyce Singer


(717) 718-0937

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Willow Valley Retirement Communities

600 Willow Valley Square

Lancaster, PA 17604

Kristin Hambleton

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Quick Thinking, Quick Players at 2012 Senior GamesBy Megan Joyce

When it comes to rescuing

a rained-on schedule of

outdoor fun, the art of

improvisation can save the

day.

Such was the case with the

2012 Lancaster Senior

Games, held June 11 to 15 at

Franklin & Marshall’s

Alumni Sports & Fitness

Center, Leisure Lanes of

Lancaster, Willow Valley

Cultural Center, Overlook

Golf Course, and Evergreen

Golf Course.

But Tuesday’s itinerary—which was to

include outdoor favorites like football

throw, softball throw, and Frisbee

throw—looked to be ruined by a damp

forecast. Instead of throwing in the

metaphorical towel, however, Senior

Games staff tried a new approach.

“Instead of canceling the events, we

brought them inside and made

adjustments to the events—i.e., softball

throw for distance became a wiffleball

throw for accuracy,” said Jill Diller,

director of family recreation at the

Lancaster Recreation Commission.

“And the participants loved that we did

not cancel but did a fun thing, and many

told us that they enjoyed the different

event,” Diller added.

Organized each year by the Lancaster

County Office of Aging and Lancaster

Recreation Commission, the Senior

Games are open to all Lancaster County

residents age 55 and older.

Along with classics such as badminton,

golf, swimming, tennis, and bowling, the

24th annual games added a new event:

three-point shooting. Among the 835

registered participants, the most popular

events were foul shooting, bocce, soccer

penalty kick, and homerun derby,

according to Diller.

“The games give the

seniors the opportunity to stay

active and healthy. Many

participants try a new event

and then they want to play

more and seek out the

locations to continue to play,”

Diller said.

“This has happened

especially with pickleball,

badminton, bocce, and

horseshoes. With seniors

wanting to continue in the

activities, it gives recreation

departments the opportunity

for programming the events

and keeping them active,” she noted.

Though many participants are truly

skilled athletes, the competition is always

friendly and good natured at the Senior

Games. Players enjoy the opportunity for

exercise almost as much as the chance to

reconnect with old friends and make

some new ones.

Diller said the recurring sentiment

during each Senior Games—and even

throughout the year that passes in

between—is gratitude.

“Participants are really appreciative

that the games are held each year and

look forward to competing and seeing

their once-a-year friends and

competitors,” she said.

“As I and the other committee

members see participants throughout the

summer, they make a point to tell us

how much they appreciate what we do

and ask when next year’s games will be

held, so that they can get it on their

calendars.”

For more information on the

Lancaster Senior Games, visit

www.lancseniorgames.org.

Photos courtesy of Bob Diller and Mike

Occhinero.

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John Fellenbaum and Mike Beaudet

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Sally Patterson playing tennis. Evie Brown playing shuffleboard.

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Jack is my friend Jenny’s companion.

He’s a big bear kind of guy,

handsome, but with dangerously

high blood pressure, and he carries an

extra 40 pounds.

If it weren’t so potentially threatening

to his life and independence, it would

be amusing the way he dismisses his

hypertension. He’ll say it’s “white coat

syndrome,” meaning it reflects the

anxiety of seeing a doctor but which,

away from the doctor’s office, is “just

fine.” Or he’ll

excuse it away as

the consequence of

the salty meal he

had had the night

before his

appointment.

Until last week’s

checkup, Jack had

brushed off both

his doctor’s and

Jenny’s clearly

stated concerns and

he’d not been at all

interested in diet

modifications or

medication.

Jenny told me

that Jack saw a new

doctor in the

practice who,

without muss or

fuss or many words, brought out a

graph that showed the direct and

positive correlation between rising high

blood pressure and the increased risk of

strokes, heart attacks, and kidney

failure.

Then the doctor dropped a zinger.

“Jack,” he said, “I can safely predict

you’ll have one of these ‘events’ within

five years if we don’t get this

hypertension and weight under control.”

Now, Jack’s a man with an

engineering background, so visual

representations are what he’s

comfortable with, what he understands.

Jenny said he studied the graph for a

moment, and then to everyone’s

surprise, said, “OK. What do I need to

do?”

Is that all it took, for heaven’s sake? A

graph? Or was it the one-sentence

forecast? Or the combination?

If you think this is merely an isolated

incident of one man’s finally getting the

picture, maybe. But also, maybe not. At

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that showed similar phenomena:

Patients who were shown detailed

pictures of their hearts and arteries

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times more likely to take their

medication as directed.

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not show pictures, charts, graphs,

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point home and help motivate patients

to make necessary changes?

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Calendar of EventsCocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489Aug. 2, 6 p.m. – Cocalico Jam at Reamstown

Community Center

Aug. 7, 10 a.m. – Crime Stoppers Program

Aug. 17, 10 a.m. – Music with Bonnie Koons

Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850Aug. 17, 10:15 a.m. – UCP Telephone Program for the

Disabled

Aug. 24, 10:15 a.m. – Crimes Against Seniors with Sgt. Fry

Aug. 31, 9 a.m. – Trip to Lancaster Market and City Tour

Elizabethtown Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 Aug. 2, 9:30 a.m. – Marshmallow Festival

Aug. 11, 11 a.m. – The ABCs of Aging

Aug. 30, noon – Back Porch Barbecue and Covered Dish

Lancaster House North – (717) 299-1278Thursdays, noon to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle

Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center(717) 299-3943Aug. 14, 10:30 a.m. – Hortencia’s Exercise with Weights

and Bands

Aug. 23, 8 a.m. – Picnic at Lancaster County Park, Lodge 22

Aug. 30, 10:30 a.m. – Learning Spanish

Lancaster Rec. Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147Fridays, 12:30 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Bridge

Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800Wednesdays, 9:15 a.m. – Zumba Gold Exercise with Rae

Aug. 9, 10:30 a.m. – Frank Sinatra Music with Norman

Spangler

Aug. 16, 10:30 a.m. – Music and Dancing with Lost &

Found

LRC Senior Center – (717) 399-7671Aug. 9, 10:15 a.m. – Sing-Along with JR Wehmen

Aug. 15, 10 a.m. – Indoor Shuffleboard

Aug. 21, 9 a.m. – First Aid Basics

Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – Shopping at SACA Market

Aug. 6, 9:30 a.m. – Zumba Gold Demonstration

Aug. 14, 9:30 a.m. – Blood Pressure Checks

Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600Mondays and Fridays, 9 a.m. – Exercise with Jim

Aug. 22, 9:30 a.m. – Bingo

Aug. 29, 10 a.m. – Town Meeting

Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770Aug. 7, 11 a.m. – Celebrate Golf Month: Wii Golf

Aug. 17, 10:30 a.m. – Voucher Trip to Kreider’s and Lunch

Aug. 24, 10:30 a.m. – Luau Party with Mika

Rodney Park Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle

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Aug. 11, 10 to 11 a.m. – Carnivorous Plants

Aug. 18, 10 to 11 a.m., 1 to 2 p.m. – A “Scent”uous Walk

Aug. 31, 9 to 10:30 p.m. – Blue Moon Night Hike

Community Programs Free and open to the public

Aug. 7, 7 p.m.Red Rose Singles Meeting

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Mick’s All-American Pub

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Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255Aug. 13, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Scrabble Club

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A Chevy toRemember

Such Is Life

Saralee Perel

My husband, Bob, has gone so

far as to name our car. He

calls it Old Yeller. Whenever I

suggest it’s time to retire it, he lovingly

pets the steering wheel and asks, “You

mean destroy Old Yeller?”

We have a 1970-something yellowish

Chevy Blazer. I can see the street

whizzing by through the holes in the

floorboard. I hear little clinking sounds

whenever we drive, and if I look out the

rear view, I see tiny pieces of Old Yeller

leaving a wake behind us.

I really hate this car.

“It’s time,” I gently said to Bob last

month, as we pulled in our driveway

and the door

handle came

off in my

hand.

“Great!” he

said and

jumped out of

the car. “I’ll

start the gas

grill.”

I brushed clumps of foam rubber (the

insides of the seat) off my pants. We

went in the house. “You know what I

mean,” I said.

“A woodworking show’s on,” he said,

and picked up the remote.

“Sweetheart.” I took the remote.

“Old Yeller’s had a really good life.”

“He just needs a tune-up, that’s all.”

He picked up the keys.

“It put itself into park while we were

driving 30 miles per hour.”

“He stalled,” he said, fondling the

keys.

“It stopped, Bob. My forehead’s still

bleeding.”

He stood and looked out the front

door. “I can’t,” he whispered.

“It’ll be humane, honey.”

“No it won’t,” he said. “No ceremony,

no remorse. Nothing. Just a push of a

lever and Old Yeller’s squashed like a

pancake and dumped in somebody’s

scrap heap.”

Late that night, I heard him get out

of bed and head to the kitchen. I put on

my robe and tiptoed in. He was pouring

himself a shot of whiskey from a bottle

we’ve had over 10 years. He drank it in

one gulp.

After he finished his coughing fit, I

held his hand. He said, “If anybody’s

going to put Old Yeller to sleep, it will

have to be me.”

I knew then: I had to go against his

wishes and take Old Yeller myself. The

next day, I drove the Chevy away and

got back to the house around noon.

“It was quick, Bob. Painless.”

“Old Yeller …” he moaned. Then he

went back to the whiskey bottle, picked

it up, changed his mind, and put it

down. He opened the freezer and found

a bag of mini Milky Ways and began

stuffing five in his mouth at a time.

“Honey. Don’t do this to yourself.” I

tried to take the bag away but he

grabbed it and

ran out of the

room, but not

before

snatching the

peanut butter

and Ritz

crackers.

It took two

weeks to get

Bob back on track. And that happened

yesterday. He was still in bed at 11

o’clock when I called him to come into

the living room. He was a wreck.

Unshaven. Dirty. I wiped the chocolate

off his lip.

“There’s something for you outside.”

“I need marshmallow fluff,” he said.

I took his hand and led him out the

front door. In the driveway was a car

covered by a big brown tarp that I

theatrically removed. There, all shiny

and bright yellow, was the Blazer. New

mirrors, chrome, paint, engine,

transmission, and sparkling hub caps.

Painted in script on the side was, of

course, Old Yeller.

Bob was overwhelmed, to say the

least. He opened the door and saw the

beautiful upholstered seats. Although he

was too moved to say anything, I got

the biggest hug in history. And though

Bob refers to this as one of the best days

of his life, I know it couldn’t have been

half as good as it was for me.

Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationally

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I’m reading the newspaper when I

realize that there are almost as many

articles about Beijing as there are

about Washington, DC.

That’s when it hits me. If one of the

main purposes—and pleasures—of travel

is education, then I have to go to China.

I need to learn more about the country

whose actions will affect the way I live

and, more importantly, the way my

children will live.

A friend recommends China Spree, a

company that offers 12-day tours to

Beijing and Shanghai that include air

from San Francisco; all meals,

admissions, and transportation within

China; guide service; and, as I soon find

out, very nice hotels.

I do the math. Why, I can visit China

for not a lot more than I’d have to pay

for an all-inclusive two-week vacation in

California. I take a deep breath and sign

on the dotted line.

In Beijing our guide leads our small

group to the must-sees: Tiananmen

Square, where Mao proclaimed the birth

of the People’s Republic of China in

1949; the Forbidden City, which was

home to 24 emperors; and, of course, the

Great Wall, which was designed to

protect the country against foreign

invaders.

To learn about more current

endeavors, we visit a jade factory, a silk

factory, a tea plantation, and an herbal

medicine museum.

But my favorite moments occur when

we mingle with ordinary folks, like the

76-year-old woman who hosts us for

lunch. She shows us her home, which is

in a hutong, one of Beijing’s fast-

disappearing old neighborhoods.

The next day we visit a park where we

see seniors doing tai chi, dancing,

fencing, and matchmaking. Their

children, explains our guide, work such

long hours that they don’t have time to

search for a spouse. Therefore, the

parents must help. They make big signs

proclaiming their child’s attributes and

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If the seniors spot a potential match,

they arrange a date for their children. It’s

a low-tech eHarmony.

My husband and I deliberately chose

an itinerary that included two free days

for personal exploration. In Beijing we

go to the Art District, where world-class

galleries occupy Communist-era factory

buildings. One heart-stopping exhibition

focuses on prostitution; another has a

disturbing display of soldiers toting

machine guns camouflaged by flowers.

There’s no thought suppression here.

In Shanghai, the energy is palpable.

We walk along the riverfront, through a

shopping thoroughfare, and over to a

public park that has carnival-style rides.

After visiting a market, we go to an

acrobatic show. Our days are packed.

During our free day, we explore two

contrasting neighborhoods: a working-

class area filled with small, slightly

grubby shops and the French

Concession, which has upscale boutiques

and trendy restaurants.

Our guides are remarkably

forthcoming. They criticize their

government but at the same time make

clear that they admire it. They say that a

U.S.-style democracy could never work

in China because there are too many

people.

They speak to us about China’s one-

child policy, religion, education, medical

care, the lack of a social safety net, and,

most of all, how hard they have to work

in order to survive.

“We work much harder than people in

America,” says Chang.*

We’re amazed at their misconceptions.

Chang owns a condominium, can afford

to fly his family from his village on the

Yangtze to Shanghai for a holiday, and

has a car that he bought new two years

ago. His daughter has a new iPad as well

as an iPod.

I tell him that this is more than many

people his age in the United States can

afford, and yes, they work as many or

more hours than he does.

Another guide dreams of living on

Wisteria Lane, the home of ABC’s

Desperate Housewives, and we realize how

television shapes Chinese views of the

United States as well as our views of

China. This, says my husband, is why it’s

important for people to travel, to see

things for themselves.

We’re aware that we saw only two

cities, and we spoke with only a handful

of people. We didn’t visit the

countryside, which, despite China’s rapid

urbanization, is still home to the

majority of the population. We didn’t

visit the factory towns that are churning

out goods that are flooding the world’s

markets. That will have to wait until next

time.

But in the meantime, we treasure the

glimpse we got of a country that is, and

will continue to be, a major player on

the world’s stage.

Photos © Irv Green; story by Andrea Gross

(www.andreagross.com).

*Name has been changed

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especially during weekends and

holidays.

Shanghai’s waterfront is the face of modern China.

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There Goes Granny

Older But Not Wiser

Wanda and I went to the

county fair, which was kind of

odd for us. We’re not big fair

people, although I was looking forward

to the pig races.

Wanda has been on a kick to try new

things, to live life to the fullest. I tried to

convince her that lying on the couch and

watching the new fall TV season is an

exciting adventure, but for some reason,

she just wouldn’t buy it.

The fair was kind of fun but a little

dangerous. Everywhere I looked there

was food—hotdogs, corndogs, sausage

dogs, beef ribs, pork ribs … Just by

breathing, I was filling my body with

secondhand cholesterol.

And the rides were a little scary. You

see, I’m afraid of heights. Well, actually,

that’s not true. I’m afraid of falling from

heights. Wanda, on the other hand, was

fearless, especially when we came to this

60-foot giant slide where you had to

climb to the top, put a blanket under

your butt, and then hurtle down to the

bottom.

Wanda insisted that

we both try it, so we

trudged up to the top.

Being a manly man, or

at least pretending to

be, I said I’d go first.

I pushed off and the

wind was in my face—

it was exciting and

thrilling and the best 4

feet of my life. That’s

when I somehow

managed to stop myself

and crawl off. Slightly humiliated, I told

Wanda I’d wait for her at the bottom and

I began my walk of shame downward.

When I reached the bottom, I waved

up to Wanda and she began her fast-

paced decent. She was really flying and

had a look of total exhilaration on her

face. I was smiling just watching her,

when I heard a young couple talking

next to me. The guy, referring to Wanda,

said, “There goes

Granny!”

The thing is, I’m not

exactly sure why I took

it as such an insult.

Our daughter got

married about 6

months ago and we

definitely want

grandchildren. But it

was the way he said

it—it was mocking,

condescending, and

patronizing, like Wanda didn’t belong on

that slide. He was definitely making fun

of her. Luckily, she didn’t hear him.

I was mad, but I didn’t want to make

a big deal out of it. I wanted to handle

the whole situation maturely, and I think

I did that by not directly confronting

him. Since the guy was overweight, I

simply mumbled under my breath, “The

pig races are starting in 10 minutes. You

better scurry on down there if you want

to participate.”

The chubby guy thought he heard

something but wasn’t quite sure, so he

said, “Huh?”

I very forcefully said “huh” back.

I then took Wanda’s arm and we went

on our way. When we passed tubby, I

may have made a snorting sound, but it

was done very tastefully and maturely.

The rest of the day was a lot of fun.

Wanda went on several different

rollercoasters and I watched her while

eating several different sausage dogs.

As we were leaving the fair, Wanda

said, “I went on a lot of rides today.”

“Yes, you did,” I replied.

“Not bad for an old lady!” she

exclaimed. And when Wanda said it, it

was OK.

Sy Rosen


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this type of boy25. He floated like a butterfly?

28. Network of intersecting nerves30. Middle Eastern confection35. Like boys that lived in Neverland37. Lacking sensation39. “_____ the day”40. International Civil Aviation

Organization41. Attempts43. Small ladies’ handbag44. Deep opening46. To strike a piece of stone sharply47. Deep-red variety of chalcedony48. Stay clear of50. Clobber52. Big Island flower necklace

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Lonneberga11. Raja’s wife12. Strong desire15. Eucalyptus-loving marsupials20. Beside, archaic

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51. Robin Hood or Eragon, e.g.54. Bible song56. African antelope57. Toot and Puddle or

Frog and Toad, e.g.58. ____ & Mzee: The True Story of a

Remarkable Friendship59. Bear with the biggest chair60. Pre-college school61. Appear62. Viking name63. Tear violently66. Romanian money68. Flanders of The Simpsons

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Are second medical opinions worth the

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And does Medicare cover them?

– Nervous Nelly

Dear Nelly,

Yes! A second opinion is good

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Second Opinions

There’s a mountain of evidence that

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Physicians from research and teaching

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The cost for this online advice ranges

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office send your medical records ahead to

the second doctor (you may have to pick

them up and deliver them yourself ), and

be sure he or she knows about your

original diagnosis and the course of

treatment recommended by your first

doctor.

If they disagree, you may want to seek

that third opinion, or go back to your

original doctor for further consultation.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the

NBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org.

Second Opinions: Why Many SeniorsDon’t, but Should, Get One

Savvy Senior

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When Huie Petty grew up in

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Petty says, “I always wanted to be a

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When World War II broke out, he

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“Because,” he says, “the Japanese

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After more training, the 2nd Division

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Petty and his division arrived, remaining

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existing by eating roots, still fought

tenaciously, preferring to die rather than

surrender.

All told, 1,592 American troops died

on Guadalcanal, and 4,183 were

wounded. The Japanese lost 14,800 in

The Bomb Dump on SaipanBlew Up in His Face

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Corporal Huie Petty, after discharge from the Marine Corps

at Quantico after World War II.



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battle and 9,000 from disease.

Petty has today the pocket manual he

took from a dead Japanese soldier,

learning from a Japanese lady who

translated it for him many years after the

war that it was the Japanese Field Service

Code—Senjinkun—issued to Japanese

soldiers. It specifically forbade retreat or

surrender.

Petty says, “The Japanese weren’t the

only danger on Guadalcanal, however.

Almost the entire division contracted

malaria, and we were all returned to

New Zealand to recuperate.” The whole

division had it? “Well,” he says, “I never

knew anyone who didn’t have it.”

When they were fit again, it was on to

Tarawa, a tiny atoll whose main island

was 2 miles long

but only 800 yards

wide at the widest

part. It was

important because

it had to be taken

in order to launch

the invasion of the

heavily defended

Marianas Islands,

which stood in the

way of our setting

up forward air

bases capable of

supporting

operations across

the mid-Pacific to

the Philippines and

into Japan.

Tarawa proved

a horrible place to

fight. Taking it

produced one of

the fiercest and bloodiest battles in

Marine Corps history. Anticipating an

invasion, the Japanese had worked

intensely for nearly a year to fortify the

island, building 500 pillboxes, many of

which were reinforced with cement.

Because of coral atolls that ringed the

island, the Higgins boats could approach

no closer than 1,000 yards from shore.

From there, most of the Marines waded

ashore through waist-deep water over

piercing, razor-sharp coral. Others

boarded small, rubber boats and paddled

a mile to the shore.

Many Marines were lost in the effort

to man those boats in the choppy water.

Petty was one of six Marines on one

such boat, and it took them a full six

hours to reach the beach just as night

fell.

They entered by a lagoon other

Marines had cleared earlier. Japanese had

gone out to vessels that had been

destroyed by the coral reefs. There, they

fired at the backs of the landing troops,

and, because it was now dark, lead was

firing everywhere.

The Japanese commander had told his

troops, “It would take 1 million men 100

years” to conquer Tarawa. It took the

Marines three days, although incurring

nearly 3,000 casualties. Of the 4,700

Japanese defenders, only 17 survived.

The division was sent to Hawaii to

recuperate for seven months; then they

were sent to invade Saipan. It was

supposed to be easy. There were no

atolls, so the Higgins boats were able to

approach the beach and drop the ramps

from which the troops streamed. Eight

thousand Marines were landed from

more than 300 LVTs during the first two

hours after dawn on June 15, 1944.

The battle was fierce during the next

three weeks until it ended with a final

suicidal banzai

charge by 3,000

Japanese. Almost

the entire garrison

of at least 30,000

Japanese died,

while, of the

71,000 of our

troops who landed,

2,949 were killed

and 10,464 were

wounded.

And it was there

that Petty’s war

ended. Exploding

ammo from a

bomb dump

caused head

injuries and burst

both his ear

drums. With

blood streaming

down his face, he

was evacuated to a hospital in Hawaii …

and then to the Marine Detachment at

the Naval Academy in Annapolis, where

he was an outpatient.

He was selected to attend Officer

Candidate School at Quantico, but

partway through, the atomic bombs

dropped on Japan brought the war to an

end, and his training was terminated.

Petty left the Marines as a corporal and

entered the University of Maryland

School of Pharmacy. After a few years as

a pharmacist, he became a medical

representative of Sterling Drug for 25

years before retiring in 1977.

A friend introduced him to a

retirement home in Lancaster, where he

lives today with his collection of war

memorabilia. On the table sits his well-

worn cap with the legend, “Once a

Marine, always a Marine.”

When asked if that’s true, he looks at

you sharply, and then with a thin smile

says, “You better believe it.”

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in

Europe in World War II.

A rubber boat like the one Petty manned in

the assault on Tarawa during World War II.


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She has very fond memories of those summers,

including times picking blackberries that would later be

used to make baked goods. It is from her experiences on

her brother’s farm that McNichol believes her interest

in flower gardening comes.

After their marriage, McNichol and her husband,

Bill, lived in an apartment, which limited McNichol’s

ability to garden. Eventually, they moved into a house

on the south shore of Long Island, where McNichol

was able to put in an expansive garden that included

flowers, vegetables, and grapes.

“People would come by and remark that I had a

beautiful garden,” said McNichol.

When the company that Bill had worked for in New

York went bankrupt, the couple relocated to

Pennsylvania, where McNichol became involved with

the local garden club—and she was no ordinary

member. McNichol has held almost every position

available at the club, from secretary to vice president.

“You name it, I did it,” McNichol said.

What makes McNichol such a valuable asset to the

garden club is her ability to organize and champion

many of the group’s largest initiatives.

In the winter of 2010, an area company that has

produced gardening tools since the 1700s, asked for

help with a community garden project. The company

had $100,000 and a 1.7-acre plot of empty land next to

its temporary headquarters.

The CEO of the company at the time had

envisioned using the money and the land to establish a

community garden that the garden club would then

manage and maintain.

The garden contains 127 raised beds and is outfitted

with hoses, connected to the water lines of the

corporate office building, and a gardening shed filled

with all the tools a gardener could possibly need.

Community gardeners, therefore, need only bring

their seeds and a willingness to work to have a

successful plot.

A set of rules and regulations was established and

gardeners signed up for a specified plot. In addition, she

helped organize bimonthly gardening talks, inviting

local gardening experts to give lectures and hold

discussions for the community garden members.

“It turned out to be an incredible success,”

McNichol said. “We had no idea we would be able to

fill [all the plots] up. We opened up May 1, and by

May 31, there was not a plot left in the garden. As of

now, we have a three-year waiting list.”

After her success with that garden project, McNichol

was asked to act as chairman for the garden club’s

Junior Gardening Committee. McNichol agreed, on the

condition that she could establish a garden at a

community nonprofit organization so she could work

with inner-city youth.

McNichol worked with the staff at the nonprofit

organization to apply for funding for the garden. After

receiving a private family donation, they were able to

put in a number of garden plots, surrounded by a split

rail fence with rabbit proofing. McNichol and her class

of 30 students, ranging from kindergarteners to sixth

graders, tend the plots.

In addition to gardening, McNichol’s students are

exposed to a world of information about the

environment and how it works. Their projects have

included building birdhouses and maintaining a worm

farm and compost pile to help fertilize the garden plots.

Thanks to some shelving donated by Home Depot,

the class was able to begin growing plants indoors over

the winter of 2011 and has since moved them outside.

“They made wonderful arrangements out of greens

and flowers that they brought home during

Christmastime,” McNichol said.

The students also received information about

nutrition from Giant Foods’ nutritionist. They even had

a class dedicated to sampling fruits and vegetables,

many of them unique and new to the children. The

students were asked to close their eyes and eat a piece of

the fruit or vegetable, focusing on the texture and taste.

They then wrote poems about the experience.

The class has also been enjoying the fruits of their

labor.

“The children have already been eating what they

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She is very proud of her class and all that they have

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countless aspects of human life).

McNichol receives the loving support of her

husband, Bill, and son, Tim. Tim is a professional

beach volleyball player who has inherited his mother’s

love of flowers. McNichol is certain that when he settles

down and marries, he will have a beautiful garden of his

own.

GARDEN from page 1

YWCA Junior Gardeners showing the fruits

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Flowers and vegetable plants coexist happily at the

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the water lines of the corporate office building, which

help the gardeners enjoy prolific yields from their plots.

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Cape Cod psychiatrist Dr. Sophie

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There’s Gracie, who is

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obsessive-compulsive

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business cards in the lobby when you

check in, and keep them with you at all

times. Leave one near your room phone

as well. A large city may have more than

one Westin or Sheraton, and if you get

lost or need to tell someone where you

are, you want to have accurate

information readily available.

lancaster county 50plus senior news august 2012

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